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Washing Machines in Industry Building

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Description: Display of Maytag wringer-type washing machines in the Industry Building at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background is a display for Miller Beer, 5 cen...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Member

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Carol Patterson compiles the mercantile and stock market sections of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Machine Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison machine shop. A large group of men are working various machines in the workshop area. Long wooden work...
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Wisconsin State Journal Workers

Date: 03 09 1961
Description: Linotype workers sitting at individual stations in the Wisconsin State Journal building.
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Snow Blowing Sidewalk

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower. Caption: "Ralph Widmer blows snow off the sidewalk along Wisconsin Street....
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Generator at the Powerhouse

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Description: View looking down at machinery inside a building. Identified as the interior of a powerhouse, showing the generator.
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Drilling for Water

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Description: A man is operating a drill to connect a house to a water supply.
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Well Digging

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Description: A man is operating a drill to create a well near a home under construction.
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Black River Falls Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Man in the interior of the Black River Falls powerhouse.
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Bandlow Workshop

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: "Ruben Bintzler, Fred Bandlow, Dotty & Ollie Justman, relax in the Bandlow workshop."
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Lime Kiln

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of lime processing plant.
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Press Room

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Description: View of the press room. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 12 One corner of the press room where the sheet metal parts of Monarch ranges are made. Malleabl...
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Slot Machine Seizure

Date: 01 1924
Description: Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i...
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Workers in the Polishing Room

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Description: Workers prepare castings for further assembly at the Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 10 One section of the polishing room,...
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Workers Assembling a Stove

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Description: Workers of the Malleable Iron Range Company assemble stove-top ranges. Caption on stereograph reads, "No 14. The building floor where eight different sets ...
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Polishing Machine

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Description: A man operates the polishing machine at Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 11 One of the automatic polishing machines which s...
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Casting Inspection

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Description: View of the work area along windows where casting inspection takes place. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 9 View showing one of the straightening benche...
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Destruction of Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 02 19 1949
Description: Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the...
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Operating Machinery Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A young boy in overalls operates a machine, perhaps a pump for water, underneath a windmill. There are overturned buckets in the foreground. An elderly man...
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Blessed Martin House

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C...

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